Hi All,
Long time lurker, first time poster here.
I picked up a couple of pots from a Shohin nursery in Kyoto back in March (Cherry Blossoms Festival time, well worth the trip) and I know I'm doing it backwards but I'd love suggestions for types of trees that might work well in these pots, I really want to put them to use but so far haven't found (or possibly lack imagination) the perfect trees.
I did have a Black pine for the larger of the two, tried it and didn't love it.
Any insight would be welcome!
Cheers,
Chris
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Re: Pot Shot
Welcome Mate,stop lurking 
More suitable for a flowering tree I reckon,black pines need a rugged pot 
More suitable for a flowering tree I reckon,black pines need a rugged pot Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits.
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Re: Pot Shot
I'm thinking malus / crab apple.
Cherry? Prune?
Lovely pots.
Cherry? Prune?
Lovely pots.
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Re: Pot Shot
Welcome.
I'm chucking in a vote for a Trident maple in the smaller pot. Look great I reckon with their spring/autumn reddish leaves.
I'm chucking in a vote for a Trident maple in the smaller pot. Look great I reckon with their spring/autumn reddish leaves.
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Re: Pot Shot
Hey Dark Forest, welcome!
Beautiful little pots.
Some form of white flowering tree work work well I reckon, cherry, crab apple. So too the autumn colours of a maple or an elm.
I have Peter Warren's book: Bonsai (along with too many other books!) and these photos from Peter's book might help stimulate thinking. It shows that simple (yet well structured trees) will look lovely in your pots.
Cheers,
Mark
Beautiful little pots.
Some form of white flowering tree work work well I reckon, cherry, crab apple. So too the autumn colours of a maple or an elm.
I have Peter Warren's book: Bonsai (along with too many other books!) and these photos from Peter's book might help stimulate thinking. It shows that simple (yet well structured trees) will look lovely in your pots.
Cheers,
Mark
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Re: Pot Shot
Everyone will have a different opinion, and mine is different again to those before me.
I think that (from experience) unless you work from home, or have a watering system set up, you might struggle to keep trees watered correctly in the smaller pots during summer. Therefore I would look at possibly using those for hardy species of kusamono or accent plants. The final pot could accomodate a delicate deciduous, flowering or tree with berries. Powerful trunks might look out of place in it is my feeling.
I think that (from experience) unless you work from home, or have a watering system set up, you might struggle to keep trees watered correctly in the smaller pots during summer. Therefore I would look at possibly using those for hardy species of kusamono or accent plants. The final pot could accomodate a delicate deciduous, flowering or tree with berries. Powerful trunks might look out of place in it is my feeling.
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Re: Pot Shot
For me, the first pot is a very strong colour. It will take something very definite, like pure white, or a chaenomeles strong red to survive it. The second pot is much more subtle and complex - maybe a Chinese Elm or a Melaleuca with fibrous bark detail would go with it well? Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
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Re: Pot Shot
Good advice from all!
I never considered a flowering tree. I might look at acquiring a cherry for the larger pot and I have a Shohin sized TM I might liberate from a forest setting I'm working on.
I never considered a flowering tree. I might look at acquiring a cherry for the larger pot and I have a Shohin sized TM I might liberate from a forest setting I'm working on.
